Matthew 7:14 Cross References - Worrell

¹⁴ because narrow is the gate, and straitened the way that leads to life, and few there are who find it!

²⁴ Then said Jesus to His disciples, "If any one wishes to come after Me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me; ²⁵ for whosoever wishes to save his soul shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his soul for My sake shall find it;

¹⁶ So the last shall be first, and the first last.

¹⁴ For many are called, but few chosen.'"

¹ "Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be likened to ten virgins, who, taking their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom. ² And five of them were foolish, and five wise; ³ for the foolish, taking their lamps, did not take oil with them; ⁴ but the wise took oil in the vessels with their lamps. ⁵ Now, the bridegroom tarrying, they all became drowsy, and were sleeping; ⁶ but at midnight a cry has been made, 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him!' ⁷ "Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. ⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out.' ⁹ But the wise answered, saying, 'Perhaps there will not be enough for us and you; go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.' ¹⁰ And, while they were going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and the ready ones went in with him to the marriage feast; and the door was shut. ¹¹ "And afterward come also the remaining virgins, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' ¹² But he, answering, said, 'Verily I say to you, I know you not.'

³⁴ And, calling the multitude to Him with His disciples, He said to them, "If any one wishes to come after Me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

³² "Fear not, little flock; because your Father delighted to give you the Kingdom.

²³ And a certain one said, "Are there few who are saved?" ²⁴ And He said to them, "Strive to enter in through the narrow door; because many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able. ²⁵ When the Householder rises and shuts the door, and ye begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open to us!' and He, answering, shall say to you, 'I know you not, whence ye are;' ²⁶ then ye will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in Thy presence, and Thou didst teach in our streets.' ²⁷ And He will say, 'I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from Me, all ye workers of unrighteousness.' ²⁸ There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust forth without. ²⁹ And they will come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and shall recline at table in the Kingdom of God. ³⁰ And, behold, there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last."

¹⁸ If the world hates you, ye know that it has hated Me before it hated you. ¹⁹ If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, on this account the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember the word which I spake to you, 'A servant is not greater than his lord.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

² They will put you out of the synagogues; yea, an hour is coming, that every one who kills you will think that he is offering service to God.

³³ These things have I spoken to you, that in Me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."

²² confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the Kingdom of God.

²⁷ And Isaiah cries concerning Israel, "If the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved;" ²⁸ for the Lord will do a work on the earth, finishing it, and cutting it short. ²⁹ And, as Isaiah has said before: "Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we would have become as Sodom, and been made like to Gomorrah."

³² Wherefore? because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the Stone of stumbling;

⁵ Even so, then, at this present time also, a remnant, according to an election of grace, has been reserved. ⁶ But, if by grace, it is no longer of works; otherwise the grace becomes no longer grace. [But, if of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise, the work is no longer work.]

² and he not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.

² in which ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the authority of the air, the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience; ³ among whom we also all once lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest;

² and sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God in the Gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to exhort you concerning your faith; ³ that no one should be shaken in these tribulations; for ye yourselves know that for this we are appointed. ⁴ For even when we were with you, we told you beforehand, "We are about to suffer tribulation"; even as also it came to pass, and ye know. ⁵ For this reason, I also, no longer enduring it, sent, that I might know your faith, lest by some means the tempter tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

²⁰ who were once disobedient, when the long-suffering of God was waiting in the days of Noah, while an ark was being prepared, entering into which, a few, that is, eight, souls were saved through water; ²¹ which, in its anti-type, immersion, now saves you also (not a putting away of the filth of flesh, but the requirement of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,